Sometimes a person DC's ... understandable. But, when the game is in progress and the players are just AFK... the system should have it to where it has XP AND CB Penalties.
What is AFK? NO DISTANCE TRAVELED. NO SHOTS FIRED. And they walk away with 100 XP for doing nothing. Does that seem right? I noticed another AFK walk away with 0 XP.. NOTHING.. but, yet the TEAM SUFFERED. It's bad enough that beta has to deal with DC's and no abilities to rejoin.
Some have to FORCE the DC.
We all know there is a nice bug with the graphics where you will go to 2 FPS... almost worth just the ALT-F4 or TASK MANAGER -> KILL the lame application. But, in this case, the game shows the player as DISCONNECTED.
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AFK Penalties
Started by Zonewave, Nov 05 2012 05:57 AM
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 05:59 AM
I agree. The patch on the 6th seems like it will address the suicide mechs but doesnt seem to touch on AFK'ers. After the 6th I am afraid we will have a bunch of AFK mechs instead of Raven's running to their deaths.
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 06:32 AM
In my opinion this is one of the biggest problems in this game right now. There are technical issues that must be addressed, but every single game there is at least one player, if not more AFK farming.
If the mech is not a trial, we have started stripping all the armor, weapons and most of the internals until there is just enough left to stay alive. At least the people are getting a repair bill. It is not fair to the team to be gimped because one A**hole wants to AFK farm.
If the mech is not a trial, we have started stripping all the armor, weapons and most of the internals until there is just enough left to stay alive. At least the people are getting a repair bill. It is not fair to the team to be gimped because one A**hole wants to AFK farm.
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 07:24 AM
Which is one of the reasons I have stopped playing - I was getting crashes etc every other game - just not fair on the team I'm with. Just look at the other threads on the subject, some people are crashing 10 or 12 times in a couple of hour session.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:14 AM
how bout
Now what about people who disconnect accidentally or from a bug? Perhaps failing to meet these will not let you profit; but your cost to repair if your mech gets destroyed, will be covered.
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To get a reward your mech must either:
1) damage an enemy mech
2) move a minimum distance. 300m
fail to do both and receive no income. fail to do one and no penalty.
1) damage an enemy mech
2) move a minimum distance. 300m
fail to do both and receive no income. fail to do one and no penalty.
Now what about people who disconnect accidentally or from a bug? Perhaps failing to meet these will not let you profit; but your cost to repair if your mech gets destroyed, will be covered.
Edited by Thomas Covenant, 28 November 2012 - 08:17 AM.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:15 AM
I also have some fixes for this here:
How To Reduce The Grind And Create A Great New User Experience
How To Reduce The Grind And Create A Great New User Experience
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